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Meaning of glorieta




Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

glorieta
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It is a way of calling in Colombia a roundabout, which is a circular road that is built at the intersection of two avenues or main roads. It usually has a garden or a monument inside. Round point (rompoi, rompoy or romboi are terms popularly used in some regions of Colombia. In Ecuador it is called redondel and in Peru oval.

  




furoya

1º_ In parks or gardens it is a construction with a roof covered by vines or climbing plants; some versions are made entirely of wood or other materials, and serve as a shelter from the sun or rain. See kiosk, gazebo. 2º_ As the roundabout was a construction in the middle of a place and often with a circular shape, the name was also associated with the roundabouts of roads, the rond point. See rhomboi.

  



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